Out of state, out of mind!

Prop 23 is not the first time out of state organizations have driven politics in California. Remember Prop 8? Well, it was created, financed, and lobbied for by Utah organizations. So much so, that it became known as the “Mormon Proposition”. Similarly, Prop 23 could be dubbed the “Texas Proposition”. Texas’ Big Oil and Midwestern interest groups, like the Adam Smith Foundation, are holding the reins of California’s future. The total funds raised for Prop 23 are about $6.1 million. Of that total, 85 percent of the contributions came from OUT OF STATE!

Alternatively, here in California, businesses and interest groups are overwhelmingly opposed to the Dirty Energy Prop. Small Business California

(SB-Cal) publicly denounced Prop 23 saying, “We are proud to have small business owners join our mission in exposing the deceptive Texas oil companies’ dirty energy proposition for what it truly is: an effort to unravel the state’s clean energy economy.” Other in-state institutions with a history of doing right by California also oppose it, like Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council, and our very own ‘Governator’. Native philanthropists, social justice groups, and venture capitalists are coming out against 23 in droves – trying to expose the actual danger of Prop 23 to new ‘clean-tech’ jobs.

People on both sides of the aisle that live in California are opposed to 23.

Don’t let Texas, Big Oil, and outsiders to our beautiful state make the decisions that affect US – our economy, our air, our families, and our jobs. Let’s take back our state by voting NO ON PROP 23!